The Bird in My Backyard

The Bird in My Backyard — Plot

In an urban backyard on Canada’s West Coast, a window salesman has created a living laboratory for investigating hummingbird behaviour. The Bird in My Backyard follows citizen scientist, Eric Pittman, as he documents the journeys of two female Anna’s hummingbirds as they attempt to raise their young in his urban garden. It’s a story about the childlike curiosity in all of us, the wonders it can reveal and the doors it can open if we just lean in a bit closer.

• Release date
• April 23, 2025
• Runtime
• 20 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Ryan Wilkes